Saving Venice: High-Tech vs. Mother Nature (Cadalyst Daily Archive)

Italian government turns to Intergraph's GIS technology to help save historical city from the encroaching sea

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It's a race against time and water: Over the next 50 to 100 years, the rising tides of the Adriatic Sea, coupled with the sinking land mass of the African geological plate as it pushes under the European plate, will slowly submerge the city of Venice, Italy. If left alone, Mother Nature will erase centuries of human history, including some of the greatest architectural and artistic achievements of mankind.p>

But the Italian government has other ideas. In 2003, officials approved a solution to the sinking of Venice, called MOSE (Modulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico or Electromechanic Experimental Module). The strategy was proposed by CVN (Consorzio Venezia Nuova), a private consortium consisting of national and local construction and architectural companies. Read more >>

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